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Th«  copy  filmed  h«r«  has  b««n  rvproducad  thanks 
to  ths  ganarosity  of: 

Harold  Campbell  Vaughan  Memorial  Library 
Acadia  University. 


L'sxamplaira  film4  fut  raproduit  grica  k  la 
gAnirositA  da: 

Harold  Campbell  Vaughan  Memorial  Library 
Acadia  University. 


Tba  imagaa  appaaring  hara  sra  tfia  baat  quality 
possibta  considaring  tha  condition  and  lagibility 
of  tha  original  copy  and  in  kaaping  with  tha 
filming  contract  spacifications. 


Laa  imagaa  auivantas  ont  At*  raproduitas  avac  la 
plus  grand  soin,  compta  tanu  ua  la  condition  at 
da  la  nanatA  da  I'axamplaira  filmi,  at  an 
conformit*  avac  las  conditions  du  contrst  da 
filmaga. 


Original  copias  in  printod  pepar  covars  ars  fiimad 
beginning  with  tha  front  covaf  and  anding  on 
tha  last  paga  with  a  printad  or  illustratad  impraa- 
sion,  or  tha  back  eovar  whan  appropriata.  All 
othar  original  copiaa  ara  fiimad  ba^inning  on  tha 
first  paga  with  a  printad  or  illustratad  improa- 
sion.  and  ending  on  tha  last  paga  with  a  printad 
or  illustratad  imprassion. 


Laa  axamplairas  originaux  dont  la  couvartura  an 
papiar  ast  imprim^a  sont  filmia  an  commandant 
par  la  prc.niar  plat  at  an  tarminant  soit  par  la 
darniAra  paga  qui  comporta  una  amprainta 
d'Impraaaion  ou  d'illuatration.  soit  par  la  sacond 
plat,  saion  la  caa.  Tous  laa  autraa  axamplairas 
originaux  sont  fiimto  an  commandant  par  la 
pramiAra  paga  qui  comporta  una  amprainta 
d'Impraaaion  ou  dlllustration  at  an  tarminant  par 
la  damiira  paga  qui  comporta  una  talla 
amprainta. 


Tha  last  racordad  frama  on  aach  microficha 
shall  contain  tha  symbol  ^^  I  meaning  "CON- 
TINUED"), or  tha  symbol  ▼  (maaning  "END"), 
whichsvar  appliaa. 


Un  daa  symbolas  suivants  apparaitra  sur  la 
demiAra  imaga  da  chaqua  microficha,  salon  la 
caa:  la  symbols  ^^signifia  "A  SUIVRE",  la 
symbols  y  signifia  "FIN". 


Maps,  plataa,  charts,  stc.,  may  ba  fiimad  at 
d?f?;rs!Tt  rid'jcticrr  rat:c».  Those  too  large  to  be 
entirely  included  in  one  exposure  are  filmed 
beginning  in  the  upper  left  hand  comer,  left  to 
right  and  top  to  bottom,  aa  many  framee  aa 
required.  TKs  following  diagrams  illustrate  the 
method: 


Laa  eartaa,  planchaa,  tableaux,  ate,  pauvent  Atra 
filmte  A  dee  taux  de  rMuction  diffArttnts. 
Lorsque  le  oocument  est  trop  grand  pour  stre 
reproduit  an  un  seui  cliche,  ii  ast  film*  i  partir 
do  I'angie  supArieur  gauche,  de  gauche  k  droite, 
et  do  haut  an  baa,  an  prenant  la  nombre 
d'imagaa  n^caaaaira.  Las  diagrammes  suivants 
illustrent  la  m*thodo. 


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S    E     R    M'  O    N 


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On  Philip.  III.  20,  21. 


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OCCASJ^ONED    CY    THE    DEATH 


•    F 


SAMUEL  AUCHMUTYjD.D. 

Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  New-York, 


Preachid  March  9,  "^^^l- 


By  CHARLESINGLIS,   A.  M. 

Published  bv   particular  Desire. 


Tuperegrlnus  mundihujus,civls  fuperns  Jerufalem. 

Tertullianus   De  Corona. 


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N     E     W     V    Y     O     R    K: 

trlnted  by  H.  Gain'-    in   IlANOvcR-S<iyARK. 


R.  K  5  6 '  S 

lU-^S^-5 

Philip.  III.  20,  21. 

Our  Converjation  is  in  Heaveriy  from 

iv hence  alfo  we  look  for  the  Saviour y 

the  Lord  Jefus  Chrijl :  Who  fiall 

change  our  vile  Body,  that  it  may  be 

fajhionedlike  unto  his  glorious  Body, — 

ABOUT  the  Middle  of  the  third 
Century,*  Jfrica  vi2LS  vifited  with 
Peftilence  and  Famine,  which  ra- 
vaaed  fome  of  its  moft  populous  Diftr'^s, 
and  fwept  off  Multitudes  of  the  Inhabi- 
tants. 

St.  Cyprian,  then  Bifhop  of  C^r/^^^^V 
who  was  a  burning  and  a  fliining  Light 
in  his  Day,  endeavoured  to  lorufy  the 
Members  of  his  Flock  againft  the  Fear  of 

Death, 

•An.  Dcm.  252,  nrcording  to  the  Chronology 
of  Bilhop  Fell,  and  Bilhop  Pearson  The  Pcl- 
tilence  began  in  Arabia,  palled  over  to  Egypt,  from 
thence  Well,  along  the  Coall  of  the  Medhnran^an 
Sea,  and  foon  fpread  over  a  great  Part  of  the  Roman 
Empire.  CkrilHans,  as  well  as  others,  were  ex- 
pofed  to  this  Calamity  ;  they  frequently  fuftered 
fevcrcPer<-=cution,  brfidcs,  from  the  civil  Power, 
during  its    Continuance,    which   was    for   federal 


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Death,  anu  to  aln^iniiler  {v,c]\  Ci:nfj].\:]c:n 
iiri  th:.i;-Circum(:.::;LVs  ic,;::ir.J,  by  rclinvr 
thcrn,  a:Tu;n^^  orl^u-  'i  h'lvr,— Th.::  t:;^ 
Day  of  thrir  Death  wcuM  il;l')rc  them  Z 
Paradiil:  and  to  tiyj  Iiinrrcicr:i  cf  (ioj--. 
tiiat  it  would  ad.p.ir  tlijr.rLO  ih.-  i^.-decnv 
er's  I'rdVncc— ail^ciarc  th-;^i  v;:rii  I\ir:-i- 
archs,  Propr.cts,  ApefVicr,  ar.d  rvjanyr.s 
--and    rciinitj    tLcm    for    ever    to   thtir 

iTicnJiJ, 

Years.    r.i.ErniL-s  fron  DiON-vsiu:^  of  ./.',. V7r  rV/^ 
gives  nn  n;icdir*  Account  rf  i:,c  Tcnuerncj;  !hc-Au 
by  Chr;ilian.    to  each  ether  u;;::;-;'-    this  i'citi.'enc- 
"   iManycf  tJic   Dicthicti,   t'.rr/   i;\.   [i:::nrinci-.  of 
*'  their  Love  .iiul   Ch-iriry,    i^iid    :..:-^  ;ili   C^ire  of 


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their  own  Safety. — a;Ihjr..-il 


.1,  .  .- 


iCK — iiilorJed 


them  ri!I  ch-  A!:i:hnce  in  th^ir  Pu^vcJ-~alui  u-r- 
fv)rmed  every  Otii-c  of  u^i.tvol-ucc  av.d   Hu--;i- 
nity  to  the  Living  and  the  Dead.      Aiarvv  ofVho 
C!cr;:y  r^nd  L:;:ty  »vho  :hi:.   niiniucnjd  'to   tlicir 
^i^licicd  Eivthrcn,  c:iu-!it  :':c-  [rtcocinn  ;:nd  died  ; 
and  luch  was  their  intrepid  Kei.;iu:io:i  in    b:;.v- 
ins;   Dan-er,   from    zl    Prinei-lj   cf  Faith   a'd 
CnrilH:i:iLove,   that  their  1)c1:a  u-:  ::ccouu'c\i 
.  -  iv-ud  of  M.ir:yr.!.,:u'-.      tt:::;n.  IJ^hr.  Ecdes. 
Lib.  vi;i.  Cap.  -J,     'i^j.e  Culauiiues  rf  Lhe  nrcfjnc 
Tun??  nlRjrd  Chriilians  bi;:  toon:;iMV  O'v^oriavr'lrs 
Ci  exertir;:;  trie  1  ii;,e  oenevolc;;:  cnirit  f,;r  the  R'>li,-'' 
of  their  didrcKe.l    Drechren,   iu   anotiior  W^^-,    aad 
)inu2t:nr;   thi?    r^^ns  i^x.iinde.— 'f he   Condua   of 
lieatnens  was  :\  drihirj;  CJ--.:; ::;.:[  to  that  cf  Chrif- 
t:an3  on    the    ab.:vc   Ckcaf .-n,—"  The   Heathens 
"   Hevv  fr-oni   th-ir   near-:!  llehition^    and    deardi 
"  i'ncndj  who  v;cre  infVac:!  :   and   ].t\  them,   not 
''   onlv  in  H'«ufl-s,    hiit  in  t^^o    pi:b:ic  Rc;;d.,  half 
"  df,:d,   to  penf:i  withour  Sut>port  or  S-;:{cnancc  • 
"  :i:id\vc;:!J  nut  even  !nirv  the  bead".  I::i;s^3.  il>id! 


[     5     1 

Fi  iend.-.,  fnarchcd  from  them  by  tlic  Hand 
ot  Death,  but  now  balking  in  tlie  Smiles 
of  God. 


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"  We  lliouid  confidcT,  fays  he,— -we 
'*  fliould  aoain  and  again  rcflcd-,  that  \vc 
"  have  renounced  the  prefent  Woi  Id,  and 
•  that  v/e  arc  bu:  Strangers  and  Piloilms 

here.  Let  us  wclcoine  the  Day  whicli 
*'  ccnfic^ns  each,  of  u^  to  his  proper  Abode-, 
*•  v/h.ich,  auer  rending  afunder  the  Fetters 
^'  cf  Sin,  fnatcheth  us  hence,  and  reflores 
"  us  to  Parr.dile  and  the  Kinirdom  ot 
"  Herven.  Who  that  is  travelling  in  :i 
"  foreign  Land,  but  anxioufly  hallens  to 
*'  vifit  liis  native  Country,  and  embrace 
"  his  beloved  Friends  and  Relatives  ? 
"  Farad iic  is  cur  Country,  and  th.c  Fa- 
*'  triarchs  our  Fathers:  Why  fliould  v/e 
"  not  tly  to  behold  our  Country  and 
"  lalute  our  Parents  ?  There  a  vaCc  Mul- 
"  titude  of  our   dearefu  Friends  expcdls 

us-,   Parents,  Brethren,  Children,  fecurc 

of  their  ov/n  Immortality,  are  anxi- 
"  ouily  defirous  of  our  Accefs  to  them. 
"  O  what  mutual  Joy  to  them  and  us,  to 
"  be  admitted  to  their  Prefence  and  P'm- 
"  brace  !  How  ineilable  are  the  Delights 
"  cf  thofe  heavenly  Regions  !  Widiouc 
*'  any  Fear  of  Death,  and  where  tliere  h 
"  eternal  Life!  How  great,  how  endiefs 
'*  t!ie  Felicity  !  Tliere  the  glorious  Coni- 

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*'  pany  of  Apoftlcs,    and  exulting   Pro- 

*•  phets,  fhincs  -,  there  a  numerous  Army 
of  Mcirtyrs  are  crowned  with  Vi(5lory 
afrer  their  fcvcre  Conflicts  and  Suffer- 
ings:—To  thefe  let  us  hafl:en  with  the 
moll  earncft  Defire  !  Let  us  with  the 
utmcft  Ardour,  wifli  to  be  fpeedily  with 

'*  them,  that  fo  we  may  fpeedily  be  with 

♦'  Jefus  Chrift  alfo".  J 

These  confolatory  Truths  are  founded 
on  the  divine  Word  •,  and  hov/  animating 
are  they  under  the  various  Calam.ities  of 
human  Life  !  What  healing  Balm  mull 
they  pour  into  the  Heart  that  bleeds  under 
Afflidion  -,  elpecially  under  the  Lofs  of 
pious  Friends!  And  how  mud  the  Prof- 
ped  which  is  opened  to  us  by  thefe  enliven- 
ing Truths,  chear  our  Paffage  through  this 
gloomy  Scene,  where  Dillrcfs,  and  An- 
guilh,  and  Sorrow,  are,  in  a  greater  or  lefs 
Degree,  the  fure  Portion  of  all  ! 

Similar  to  thefe  Truths,  are  thofe  men- 
tioned by  the  Apoftle  in  my  Text ;  but  with 
the  Addition  of  others  no  lefs  interelling, 
no  kfs  animating  to  the  Chriftian,  who 
llru22:les  under  the  PrelTure  of  Afilidion. 

St.  Paul  informs  us  here,  that  the  real 
Chriilian's   Ccnverjalicn,    or  as  the  Origi- 
nal 


■^         (^   *^-     TJ     O       »       *        V  •     »  T    *« 


n,  ?i/f.. 


Oxon.  16S2. 


[     7     ] 

nal*  properly  fignifies,  bis  Citizcnflilp,  is 
in  Heaven.  He  is  in  veiled  with  the  Pri- 
vileges of  that  happy  Place,  is  rubjecl  to 
its  Laws,  is  an  Inheritor  of  its  Glory,  and 
a  Child  of  God. 

Heaven  is  frequently  reprefenred  in 
holy  Scripture,  under  the  Idea  of  a  City, 
or  Community  -,  the  Members  of  which, 
mutually  happy  in  each  other,  are  conti- 
nually employed  in  the  Service  of  the 
Supreme,  who  immediately  prefides  over 
them,  and  irradiates  them  with  his  Pre- 
fcnce. 

Thus  Abraham,  thro*  Faith,  "  looked 
««  for  a  City  which  hath  Foundations, 
"  whofe  Maker  and  Builder  is  God."t 
Thus  Chriftians,  aliho'  they  *•  have  here  no 
"  continuing  City,  yet  look  for  one  to 
«  come.ll"  This'is  "  The  City  of  the  li- 
«  ving  God,  the  heavenly  Jerulalem,'* 
whofe'^inhabitants  conftilof  '*  an  innume- 
rable 


♦  na>.^Tiv^u.  No  Crhic  has  given  a  more  f u  1  or 
lati'faaory' Account  of  this  Word,  that  I  recolleit, 
than  Raphelius  in  his  Jnotat.  Fhllok^.  ex  Folybio. 
he  Ihnvs  that  it  is  frequently  applied  to  fignity  a 
Community,  or  even  a  Variety  of  Communuic, 
affociated  toc^ether,  the  Members  of  which,  tho 
difperfed  in  ^different  Places,  are  conncaed  by  a 
comrpon  Bond  of  Union,  are  fubjef.  to  the  lame 
Law^,  and  paj take  of  the  hmz  Fnviie-cs. 
X  Htb.  xi,  10.  ilHcb.  :ai'.,  14. 


[     8     ] 

"  r.'hlc  Ccr.vipany  ofAr-^^ti  •,  oCiI.l-  <>"r.c!Ml 
"  Alil-mbU'  iiiul  Church  of  liic  lirll-boni, 
*'  nrui  of  the  Spirks  t.>f  ji:;!  M^n  nj.u'.c  pcr- 
*•  KfL.-"  In  i!ic  iniclil  of  \v!io:ii,  ''God 
*'  tl-.e  Juci.-;c  (f  r.ll,  an  J  Jc  U^s  tb.f  M;"J.i.ir()i- 
"  of  the  new  Covenant,""   ici^n  in  Cilc^ry. 

Of  tliis  bL-ni'i.i  So^iL^ry,  every  fmccre 
Clirilli.Ki  i ,  ;i  r^cT,izc:i,  inco  it  he  is  incor- 
poTc'iCvi,  anJ  i:.  ar.  ILir  oi:   its  Felicity. 

ri()v;::vr.ii  tiir[:crfcd  i!:e  r'aithful  may 
be,  in  whatever  Circuniilances  or  Situa- 
tions tlu-y  may  bj  placeil,  or  by  v.liatever 
tcm;;i..aiv  Laws  tiicv  ir,.iy  be  f2:ovcrneci 
here  •,  vet  thev  are  connected  with  it  by  ii 
comnvMi  Bond  of  t^nion— arc  intitled  to, 
and  Sharers  of,  its  Blcilings.  Tills  Earth 
is  net  rheir  He:r/e  ;  they  are  Strangers  and 
Soiourners  in  it  •,  and  altho',  hke  eaLlern 
Companies;,  travellinc;  tliro'  defolate  and 
pathiefs  Waftes,  they  arc  fubjecc  to  tem- 
porary Re,^ri;l  r.ionr.,  fuited  to  their  relpee- 
tive  Sltua'-l'^iis  at  pref  nt :  ^'eC  their  Eyes 
are  con  11  ant'/  direcced  to  their  proper 
Country, ---it;.  Law:,  are  the  general  Rule 
of  their  y\e'.;or;:\  its  Privileo-e.s  their  Boatl 
raid  Coiil''l;/don---iis  Marpinefs  the  Object 
of  their  arcien't  Deiire. 

Tnz  Ch.i  iulan  gives  Evidence  of  all  this 
by  Ifis  Elf-  'ind  Conduct,  and  wallas  us  a 

Member 


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VII  -   -*         -^    ^ 


[     9     ] 

Member  of  that  Society.  His  Convcr- 
fiition  liierai/y—hh  Heart  and  AfTedions 
are  there.  A  Lile  of  Purity,  of  Deatinels 
to  this  World,  evinces  that  h.e  belongs 
to  another  •,  that  he  confiders  his  pre.'en: 
State  as  only  a  Pafiage  to  one  that  is  in- 
finitely more  durable  and  better.  Winged 
with  that  Energy  and  Zeal  which  fuch  a 
Profpedi:,  fuch  Principles  naturally  infpire, 
his  Soul  rifes  fuperior  to  the  Trials  and 
Difafters  which  are  incident  to  the  prefcnt 
Scene.  They  are  fent  by  the  beneficent 
Parent  of  the.  Univerfe  to  difcipline  his 
Children,  difengage  them  from  this  World, 
and  prepare  them  for  another. 

In  this  View,  the  virtuous  Chriftian 
confiders  then),  and  improves  them  ac- 
cordingly. He  makes  them  inftrumental 
in  promoting  his  heavenly  Father's  Glory, 
and  fecuring  his  Title  to  the  heavenly  Je- 
rufalem.  Inllead  of  deprefllng,  they  invi- 
gorate his  Soul ;  for  however  painful  or 
grievous  for  the  prefenr,  they  yield  the 
Fruits  of  Righteoufncls  and  Peace-f — 
Like  Clouds,  which  tor  a  Time  obfcure 
the  Face  of  Heaven,  and  obI»:ru6t  the 
Sun's  Rays;  yet  are  falutary  and  benefi- 
cial in  the  highed  Degree— they  foftcn  and 
fertilife  the 'Earth. 

B  Those 


i 


I 

'] 


fHeb.  xii.  ii. 


[ 


lO 


1 

J 


Those    who  have   their    Converfation 
thus  in  Heaven  are  here  contraftcd  by  St. 
Paul  with  others,  "of  whom  he  tells  the 
*'  Philippians,    weeping,  that   they  were 
«  Enemies  of  the  Crofs   cf   Chrilt   whofc 
"  End  was  Dellruaion— who  only  minded 
"  earddy  ThingsJ."     As  the  former  were 
chiefly  converiant  in  the  Things  ot  Uod 
and  Salvation— devoted  th^T  Hearts  and 
oreatefc  Attention  to  them  :  So,  the  latter 
were  chiedy  converfant  in  worldly  Purluits 
—they  gave  themfelves  up  to  the  Gratm- 
cation  of  fenfual  Appetites,  of  Ambition, 
plcaiure  and  falfe  Glory.     God  was  not  in 
their  Thoughts,  nor  were  his   Ways  re- 
jrarded  :  And  mark  the   IfTue    of  fuch   a 
Condudt— their  End  was  Deftrudion. 

Thefe  oppofite  Charaders,  and  oppo- 
fitc  Ends  to  which  they  lead,  are  here  laid 
together  by  the  infpired  Apostle,  that  the 
Contraft  might  appear  the  more  tlriking— 
that  the  Children  of  Men  might  the^  more 
effectually  be  rouled  to  a  Senle  ot  their 
Duty,  feek  their  trueft  Happinefs,  and 
avoid  t!ie  Rocks  on  which  others  have 
made  Shipwreck. 

Mv  Text  proceeds  to  inform  us,  that 
«'  thole  who  have  their  Converfation,  or  Ci- 
"  tizenllVip  inHeaven,look  for  the  Saviour 


I  Philip,  iii.   i^>    'D- 


in] 

«  from  thence,  the  Lord  Jefus  Chrlll." 
They  look  forward  w'uh  Joy  to  that  great 
Period,  when  the  Son  of  God  will  come  to 
be  a  Saviour  to  them  from  every  Evil-,  and 
by  his  Almighty  Power,  "  fl^all  change  their 
"vile  Bodies*,  that  they  may  be  like  unto 
^'  his  glorious  Body."    Our  Bodies  at  i  " " 


fent  are  an  inc 
they  humble  an 
form.ed 


umbrance  to  the  Soul— 
...d  deprefs  it.  They  are 
Duft,  are  polluted  with  Sin, 
and  a^Death  will  return  to  Duft  and  Cor- 
ruption. But  at  the  Refurreaion,  our 
Saviour  will  change  them-they  will  be 
transformed  into  the  moft  perfed  Sta  e, 
and  moft  beauteous  Form.  1  hey  will  be 
pure,  fpintual,  active,  and  vigorous  and 
trio^hter  than  the  Luftre  ot  the  Stars. 
Kav  they  will  ref^^mble  our  Saviours 
aloritied  Body,  which  he  wears  on  his  tri- 
umphant Throne  in  Mciven. 

Such  is  the  Goodnefs  of  God,  that  he 
fends  no  Grief  without  a  Mcdicmc-r,  nor 
does  he  inlVia  any  Trouble  or  )iilreis 
without  afibi-ding  a  fuitable  Remedy. 

hi  my  Text,  and  m.iny  cthrr  Prj-ts_nf 
holy  Scripture,  iheDocciine  ot  a  lUlui- 
redion  to  eternal  Lire,  is  let  lorui    u^^   ^-u 

Anti-..oie, 

*  Literally,  /^'  nc.',  cr  c'^r  ^'«'-^^-:;-^^;;;: 

Bodv,   by    the   V.W   and  Sinfulnei.  cf   wnich,  >,. 
hav^iuiVC;lulJo^"  Humiliauon  birlorc  Uou. 


t  Di 


iOli: 


t  12  I 

Antidote,  an  ndcquate  Cure  for  the  vari- 
ous Evils  and  Prcllures  of  human  Life. 


i 


Job,  themoft  afflifted  of  Men,  had  this 
ArViclc  in  Mercy  revealed  to  him,  to  fup- 
port  him  under  his  complicated  Miferies. 
Accordingly,  amidil  his  Sufferings,  he 
breaks  out  with  this  exulting  Declaration, 
froni  v/hich  he  drew  Conlblation — "  1  know 
*'  that  my  Redeemer  liveth,and  that  he  fhall 
**  ftand  a':  the  lat:er  Day  upon  the  Earth. 
"  And  though  after  my  Skis  Woims  dc- 


"  ilrov  this  Body,  yet  in  my  Plefii  fliall  I  fee 
"  God  :  Whom  1  fhall  fee  for  mylelf,  and 
"  mine  Eyes  (liidl  behold,  and  not  another  v 
though  my  Reins  be  conlumcd  vvithia 


<( 


<,i 


me 


SSvC 


Whejj  our  Saviour  would  foviify  his 
Apofties  againft  the  fcvere  Trials  which 
he  declaredVould  everywhere  av/ait  them, 
he  gave  them  occularDemonilration  of  the 
glorious  Change  wh.ich  they  were  to  un- 
dergo at  the  Rcfurredion.  "  He  was 
'•  tran::figured  before  them  ;  and  his  Face 
*'  ilione  as  the  Sun,  and  his  Raiment" 
(pierced  by  the  Rays  which  darted  from  his 
Body  ard  Limbs,  like  the  Sun  thro'  a  lucid 
Cloud)  ''  becam.e  white  as  the  Lightf." 
1  he  Apoilles  were  unable  lo  bear  the 
SpLndcr  of  our  Saviour's  Appearance-- 
th.;t  Glory  which  they  themiVl/cs  were  in 

Time 


1 


'■'!  ■■■»■  "'/ 


[  u  ] 

Time  to  put  on  :  Accordingly,  they  funl 
under  it  into  an  Extuly. 

St.  Paul   in  my  Text,  beHdes  various 


other  PLkcs,  inci 
Refurredion,  as  a 


Icatcs  the  Doctrine  ot   a 
n-ordi'^pf  fufficicnt  Con- 


folation  under  the  Stroke  of  Adverfity  : 
And  indeed  it  is  impcfllble  to  conceive 
any  Thing  better  adapted  to  aciminidcr 
Relief  to   the   ArT/ided.     The  ReCefticn 

to  a  Stale  wilt  re   all 


that  we  are 


haft. 


■nmo: 


our 


Griefs  will   be    removed— where 


ill 


our  Eyt?,  and 
Pain  or  Sorrow- 


Tears  will  be  wiped  from 
there  will  be  no  more  Pai 
that  however   afTnded  cr  dtftitute^  l:crc 

yet 


we  fliall  Ibcn  be  in  a  State  infinitely 


preferable  to    that   c 


f   th 


mc 


11 


en  vie 


d, 


happieft  and  gre 


ft  Man  on  Earth— tliat 


our  Sufferings  will  not  only  have  a  jpcedy 
Period,  but  contribute  to  prepare  us  ior 

How 

how  ani- 


everlafting  Happinels,  and  iniureu 
pleafing,  1  fay,  how  conlblatory 


mating  is  the  Kcilcclion 


I  GRANT  wc  mav 


greOion  ihut  up 


by  Vice  and  i  ranf- 
this  Eo'jr.rain  of  Cor.ioia- 


r;on,-' 
But  in 


'V*      I""".1 


v;e  I 


iv 


iiVtrard   and    ncdcc 


:t    it 


t:ic 


i.  a  t.ii 


z   lies   i;"i  our- 


ves,  nr-t  in  the 


Re 


,hich  i 


has  provided  for  oi 


il     i\.\.  i  ''^  i-' 


Wc  tr.ay  a:lo 


icavea 


r.j. 


^■o  cresre  Evils  to  ourk-.vp 


^!,  r 


■•  w 


Cure,   v.niels 
troni 


', 


[     H     ] 

from  oMrfclves.  Thus  Men  may  complain 
of  Wants  and  Difficulties,  which  arc  owing 
to  their  Sloth,  or  Lxtravaj-ance.— Many 
complain  of  Difgrace,  which  was^brought 
en  them  by  their  own  Mifconduct— lome 
complain  of  Pi-iins  and  Difeafes  which  were 
occafioned  by  their  own  Intemperance  and 
vicious  Practices — feveral  complain  ot  dif- 
obedienr,  unduiiful  Children,  tor  which 
they  may  thank  their  own  Weakncfs,  Im- 
prudence or  bad  Example. 

The  World  is  filled  with  Complaints 
of  this  Kind-,  but  fuch  People  iLould 
chiefly  complain  of  t'hemfelvcs,  fince  they 
are  the  Authors  of  thofe  Calamities.  Co 
thefe  I  may  add  the  imaginary  Evils  with 
v^hich  poor  Mortals  fwell  the  Catalogue  of 
their  Grievances  •,  which  have  their  Origin 
in  Pride,  Envy,  Folly,  Seliinmefs  and  Af- 
fedation  •,  and  as  they  are  contrary  to  every 
Uiclate  of  Religion  and  Reafon,  fo  Religion 
and  Reafon  h;ivc  provided  no  other  Reme- 
dy for  them  than  the  Reformation  of  thofc 
malignant  Pallions  which  gave  Rife  to 
them. 


/" 


The  r.'.'il  Evils  of  L.ife  arc  numerous 
and  great.  Tlie  benevolent  Fatlier^  and 
Fritnd  of  Men  however  has  not  left  us 
comfortlds  under  ihcm  •,  nor  to    druggie 

•     i_        .<        _  r. „^„.l  1J,»      l»..r       mi/^lt* 

Willi       Li:i."ill        tiili'v.ii.'P  Ji  In.  vi.  i  iV.      ii^J      i:.:i:--<--' 

the 


[     '5    ] 

the  amplcft  Provifion  againft  thofc  Afflic- 
tions which  cor.ic   by    his  Appomtmcnt 
and  are  fent  witi.  the  gracious  Dcficrn  ot 
bringing   Home  to   his  own   Bofom  his 
faithful   People.     Thofe  who  have   their 
Converfation  in  Heaven,  whofe  Heart  and 
Treafure  are  there,  will  abundantly  expe- 
rience the  Goodnefs  of  God.     If  Tempta- 
tions affauk  them,  his  Grace  will  be  found 
fufficientinthe  Hour  ot  T.ial.     If  guilt- 
lefs  Poverty,  or  Sicknefs,  or  D.ftrels  of 
any  Kir.d  be  their  Portion,  liis  Providence  is 
ready  to  provide  for  them  •.  whilft  his  graci- 
ous Proniifes  minifterConfolation,  and  point 
to  the  Heaven  he  has  prepared  tor  t.iem. 

Should  the  tender  Conneaions  of  Life 
be   diffolved,   and  thofe  Friends  fnatched 
away  from  the  Faithful,  who  were  no  lefs 
dear  to  them  than  their  own  Souls,  and  of 
whofe  Salvation  they  have  a  we  1  grounded 
Hooe  •  they  have  this  unlpeakable  Con- 
S£,  thit  their  ^leparted   Friends  are 
gone  to  that  blefied  Society  of  vh.ch  *ey 
^ere  Members,  whilft  on  L.arth      F  oi  the.e 
thev  mourn  not,   as  thofe  without  Hope 
AltW  their  Bodies  are  committed  to   the 
Dull,  it  is  with  the  pleafing  and  certain 
Expeftation  of  a  Refurreftion  to  Glory. 
However  Death  may  triumph  over  them 
for  a  Time,    yet  it  cannot  detain  them 
always  in  its  gloomy  Manfions.  ^^ 


[     i6     ] 

Ar,  the  rude  Blafts  of  Winter  defolate 
the  Face  of  Nature,  and  blot  out  ail  her 
blooming  Scenes  ;  yet  the  ^enial  Warmth 
of  Sprinn;  repairs  her  defolated  Forms, 
and  crowns  her  with  brighter  Lultrc  : 
Thus,  altho'  Sickncfs  and  Death  deftroy 
the  iiuman  Frame,  and  lay  it  low  in  Duft 
r.nd  Corruption  ;  yet  by  his  powerful  Voice 
who  called  Light  out  of  Darknefs,  it  will 
lile— rife  from  the  ghaftly  Ruins  of  the 
Tomb— aiuim.e  a  hea/enly  Nature  'to  live 
for  ever  with  the  Lord--tc  faine  with  un- 
abating  Splendor  thro'  all  the  Periods  of 
Erernity--and  tlir.t  in  Comniunion  with 
the  Bleft— in  Union  with  thole  Friends, 
whole  Hearts  once  felt  the  keeneft  Aa- 
guilh  by  a  Separation  from  them  ! 

These  Refieftions,  my  Hearers,  which 
are  fo  proper  to  minifter  Confalation, 
fhould  be  frequently  in  our  Thoughts,  in 
theie  Times  of  public  Calami :y.  Dark 
and  j/loomy  are  the  Scenes  which  iurround 
i]s  ;  and  every  benevolent  Fleart  muft  be 
penetrated  on  conlidering  tlie  wide  fpread 
Ruin  tiiat  overwhelms  this  Continent  ! 


Who  but  muft  lament  the  Infatuation 
of  thole,  vv-ho  have  plunged  this  once 
happy  Country  into  its  prelent  calamitous 
State  !  \Mio  but  muft  grirve  ftill  more  at 
the  complicated  Diftrefles  that  are  hereby 


Ok  wli^iit 


[17    ] 

bro'Tght  on  thoufands  of  innocent  Perfons 
—whole  Support,  whofc  earthly  Happi- 
nefs  and  Comfort,  are  all  Iwcpt  ayay  by 
the  ruthkfs  Hand  of  Rebellion  ! 

We  of  this  City  have  fuftained  many 
heavy  LoiTes  fincc  the  Commencement  of 
thofe  Diforders.  One  we  have  lately  mcc 
with  by  the  Death  of  our  worthy  and  ex- 
cellent Redor---in  whom  the  Public  has 
loft  a  ufeful  Member,  You  a  faithful 
Paftor,  and  I  a  finccre,  affeaionate  Friend. 

My  Intimacy  and  Connc6lion  with  him 
for  near  twelve  Years,  enabled  me  to  know 
him  well ;  and  I  can  truly  fay,  1  fcarccly 
ever  knew  a  Man  pofleffcd  of  a  more  hu- 
mane, companionate  or  benevolent  Heart. 
Often  have  I  feen  him  melt  into  Tears  at 
the  Sight  of  Diftrels  in  others  ;  and  the 
Diftrefled  never  fought  his  Aid  in  vain. 
Liberal  and  generous  in  his  Diipofition,  he 
feemed  happy  when  alleviating  Affliiftion  in 
others  i  or  was  employed  in  Ibme  OfBce  of 
Benevolence  or  Friendfhip. 

For  near  thirty  Years  you  have  enjoyed 
his  Miniftry— indeed  ever  fince  he  entered 
that  facred  Office  till  the  Day  of  his 
Death  :  And  the  Refpcft  fhewed  to  him, 
and  Diftinaion  conferred  on  him,  by  You, 
as  well  as  the  aourilhing  State  of  thcfe 

C  Congresations 


[     i8     ] 

Con^vrc- ations  when  our  prefent  Troubles 
broke  our,  ar:  incontellible  Proofs  of  the 
Fidelity  and  AlViduity  with  which  he  dif- 
charatd  the  Duties  of  his  Station.  Num- 
bers who,  I  truft,  are  now  in  Glory,  and 
many  of  you  who  arc  ftill  living,  will,  I 
hope,  be  Seals  of  his  Miniifry,  his  Crown 
of  rejoicing  in  the  Day  of  the  Lord  Jefus. 

Firmly  and  confcientioufly  attached  to 
the  Do^rines  and  Difcipline  of  the  Church 
of  Fnsl^nd,  he  was  indefatigable  in  pro- 
moting her  Interefts  :  Yet  without  any  of 
that  narrow  Spirit  of  Bij^otry  which  is  a 
Difcrrace  to  Religion.  His  Sentiments  were 
generous  and  enlarged,  which  led  him  to 
prize  Merit  wherever  he  found  it-,  and  this 
Difpofition  will  ever  gain  the  Approbation 
of  the  fenfible,  rational  and  virtuous  Part 
of  Mankind,  and  fucceed  where  Bigotry 
will  furely  fail. 

Christianity  never  appears  more  ami- 
able  or  winning,  than  when  accompanied 
by  that  eafy,  tempered  Chearfulnels  which 
RecVitude  and  Benevolence  of  Heart  natu- 
rally infoire.  In  this  he  greatly  excelled, 
which  gave  him  many  Advantages  to  ferve 
the  Caufe  of  Religion. 

Such  a  Temper  and  Difpofition  muO: 
ncceflarily  endear  him  to  his  intimate  Ac- 


quai 


IJiaiiV-ca  , 


[     '9     1 

quaintances  •,  and  enable  him  to  (hine  in  the 
more  tender  Connections  ot  Ibcial  Life.  He 
was  indeed  a  fincere,  warm  Friend,  a  nv.Al 
afFcdionate.  tender  Hulband  and  Father. 

During  the  Rile  and  Progrefs  of  thofe 
Troubles  which  have  involved  this  Country 
in  fo  much  Dillrefs,  he  took  that  Pare 
which  Duty,  1  ruth  and  Reafon  pointed 
out.  Unlhaken  in  his  Loyalty  to  our  gra^ 
cious  Sovereign,  and  in  his  Atcachmcnt  to 
our  happy  Conftitution,  he  fpurned  the 
"Voice  of  popular  Applaule,  where  Con- 
fcience  forbid  him  to  approve  ot  it. 

How  any  Man  vvho  is  well  grounded  in 
the  Principles  of  the  Church  of  Lngland, 
can  acl  otherwife,  in  the  prefent  Conteft, 
is  utterly   inconceivable  •,  unlefs   his  Mind 
is   influenced    bv    fome    finifter    Motive, 
fome    Byafs,    or    Prejudice    which  warps 
him  from    his    Duty.     The    Principles  ot 
our    Church,  founded   on    the  Word   ot 
God,  inculcate    Loyalty   in  the  flrongcft 
Manner,    and   teach  us    to   confider    our 
Sovereign  as  juprcme    Ilc.id  in   Earth   of 
the   Church    of   England  :    Our  Church 
alfo,  which  is  modelled  on^  the  Plan  of  the 
pure,  primitive  Church  of  Chrift,  and  ac- 
cording to  his  Ovvu  lnRru6lions,  is   inter- 
wovcn%ith  the  State  •,  lb  that  overturning 
the  one,    would  be   endangering,  if   not 


overiurning 


[       20       ] 

overturning  the  oiher.  How  any  onf  there- 
fore who  is  we'll  grounded  in  the  Principles 
of  this  Church,  tun  rebel  againO:  his  right- 
ful Sovereign,  and  the  beft  of  Princes  \  or 
nttempt  to  tlellroy  that  happy  Conftiturion, 
whofe  Ruin  wcniki  involve  that  ot  liis 
Church--is  utterly  unaccountable,  unlels 
on  th'.'  Suppofuion  ot  fome  undue  InHu- 
ence  from  another  Qiiartcr,  as  I  faid  be- 
fore.    Bui  to  return — 


If  thofe  who  were  difaffc^led  to  our 
Sovereign,  our  Church,  or  Conflitution, 
were  unfriendly  to  this  worthy  Clergyman 
for  his  Attachment  to  them,  it  is  not  to  be 
wondered  at.  He  fuffered  much  Perfecu- 
tion  for  adhering  to  his  Duty;  and  this, 
joined  to  the  Diftrefs  he  felt  at  the  Prof- 
pe6t  of  the  Miferies  that  were  haftening  to 
this  Country,  greatly  impaired  his  Confti- 
tution.  Men  of  exquifice  Senfibility,  like 
him,  are  capable  of  Peelings  to  which 
others,  lefs  lufceptible  of  tender  Impref- 
fions,  are  utter  Strangers.  And  thefe, 
however  vigorous  the  Mind,  or  fuperior  to 
Adverfity,  will  infallibly  prey  upon  our 
Health  and  bodily  Conftitution. 

His  ill  State  of  Health  oblis^ed  him  to 
refiJe  a  confiderable  Part  of  lall  Summer 
in  the  Country.  When  this  City  was 
refcued    from    the   Hands    that    unjuftly 

itluiped 


[      21       ] 

uilirpcd  it,  he  repeatedly  applied  for  Le.'vc 
to  return ;  but  was  as  often  refulcd  by 
thole  who  then  had  hnu  in  tlwir  Powtr. 
'J  his  obliged  him  to  con;e  away  privately, 
and  expolrd  him  to  fuch  Hardlhips,  while 
making  his  I*  fcape,  that  I.is  Conitituti(»a 
was  reduced  ftill  lower.  Wirn  DifBculty 
he  got  here  •,  but  how  was  he  fliocked  on 
viewing  the  Ruins  which  the  City  pre- 
fentedf  His  (nvn  Heinle,  his  principal 
Church,  the  Ornament  of  our  \Vciai;p 
and  City,  were  no  more  !  Tears  gufiud 
from  his  Eyes  •,  and  rho'  a  very  greac  Suf- 
ferer in  his  private  IVopcrty,  he  Icemcd  to 
for^^et  his  own  Lolles  in  thofe  of  his  Con- 
jrresation,  and  other  Felkw  Citizens. 


After  ftruggling  through  f^  many 
Difficulties,  ana  efcaping  from  io  mucii 
Perlecution  and  Danger,  he  pr;niiiled  iiim- 
felf  fome  Repuie  and  batisfadion  widi 
his  Family  and  Friends.  But  alas !  ihcfe 
Hopes  were  loon,  too  foon  t.irappojaced. 

Only  a  few  iVIonths  after,  in  this  Churchij, 
which  was  built  under  his  Inlpcdion,  wliicii 
he  confccrated  to  the  .^ervice  of  Almighry 
God,  and  (o  lately  received  his  Remains, 
--in  this  Church,  i  fay,  he  preached  his  UM 
Sermon  t^juo  Days  before  the  iJiluider 
which  earned  him  off,  feized  hun. 

C '  X 

I  St.  Paulas  Chapel. 


I 


[       22       ] 

On  his  Death  Bed,  he  behived  with  all 
the  FortiLudc,  Patience  and  Relii^nation 
of  a  pious  Chrillian,— fuch  as  the  certain 
Hope  of  immortal  Life,  and  true  Faith 
in  the  Redeemer  naturally  infpire.  His 
Underdanding  was  clear,  and  his  Senfes 
perfcil  to  the  lad  •,  and  he  joined  fervently 
in  Prayer  not  many  Minutes  before  he 
expired, --he  died  without  a  Struggle  or 
a  Groan.* 

Sucfi  Scenes  call  forth  whatever  Tcn- 
dernrls  or  Sympathy  4re  in  the  human 
Breaft.  The  Frailty  of  our  Nature,  the 
Uncertainty  of  our  State,  and  of  every 
earthly  Enjoyment,  rufli  upon  the  Mind, 
and  ilrike  it  with  irrefiftible  Evidence  and 
Conviction. 

Whilst  then  we  contemplate  this  Dif- 
pcniation  of  Providence,  whole  Ways,  in 
many    Indances,   are  to   us   unfearchable, 
let  us  not  fail   to  improve  it.     You   will 
cherifli,  I  doubt  not,  t'le  Memory  of  our 
worthy,   departed  F'licnd  mith  alTedionatc 
TcnderntL  :    But    ncglc6l     not,    at    the 
fame   i  ime,  to  recolicdl   aiui   pradife  the 
many  pious  liiL'trudlions  and  Exhortations 
which   you  received  from   him.     This   is 
the  moft  tMl'clual   Method  to  do  Honour 
to  his  Meniory,  arid  for  this  you  will  aifo 

be 

*  He  died  March  4,  177;. 


[       23       ] 

be  accountable  at  the  tremendous  Day  of 
Judgment. 

The  Church  of  England  in  this  City, 
has  been  bleffed  with  a  SuccefTion  of  emi- 
nent Clergymen  from  the  Beginning.*  To 
this,  next  to  the  fcxcellency  of  its  Liturgy 
and  Conftitution,  may  be  attributed  in  a 
great  Meafure  the  rapid  Incrcafe  of  its 
Members :  To  this  may  be  afcribed  the 
Regularity  and  Order  in  divine  Worfhip, 
which,  notwithftanding  all  our  Defc6ls,  are 
more  confpicuous  in  this  Flace,  than  any 
other  that  1  know  on  the  Continent ;  And 

to 

•The  Reverend  Mr.  William  Vesey,  tbe  firft 
Reaor,  wai  indufted  in  the  Year  1697,  foon  after 
Trinity  Church  was  built.     Hcdied  in  1746  ;    and 
was  fucceeded  the  fame  Year  by  the  Reverend  Dr. 
Henry  Barclay,  who  died  in  1764,  when   Dr. 
AucHMUTY  was  chofen  Reftor.    Mr-  Vesey  was  a 
very  prudent,  pious  Man,  ofe-iemplary  Morals,  and 
an  excellent  Preacher.     He  had  been  greatly  inftru- 
mental  in  promoting  the  Bailding  of  Trinity  Church, 
and  ihro'  the  Blefling  of  God  on  his  faithful  Services, 
had  thePleafure  to  fee  the  Congregation  very  much 
jncreafcd,  and  the  Church  enlarged  and  ornamented. 
The  Biihop  of  London  appointed  him  his  Commif- 
fary  in  this  Province,  and  he  died  in  the  7 2d  Year 
of  his  Age.     Dr.  Barclay   had  been  M'fiionary 
at  Albany,   and   to    the  Mohanvk  Indium  ;   in  which 
arduous    Station,   he   diftinguilhed   himfelf  by  his 
Zeal  and  indefatigable  Labours.     The  Indian  Mif- 
fion  flourifhed  under  his  Car«— many  Hundreds  of 
the    Savages  having    been    convert>;d    by    him    to 
Chrlftianity,  and  to  a  fobcr,  regular  Life.    When 


rhnlen 


[      24      ] 

to  thi?  perhaps  may  be  attributed,  in  Part, 
tint  l.oyaliy  which  hath  fo  much  dillin- 
guiihtd' our  Citizens  in  tliefe  Times  of 
Defection,  Danger  and  Trial. 

The  late  worthy  Redor  was  fnatched 
av.\iy  at  a  Time  when  his  faithful  and  zea- 
lous "services  were  much  wanttd  \  and  he 
is  the  f-cond  Clergy  man  rf  diftinguifhed 
Character  that  has  been  tak--n  from  you  in 
the  Courfe  of  a  very  few  Years.  J 

Tell 


choCtn  Re^or  of  Trnltv  Church,  and  called  to  the 
Paftoral  Charge  of  this  City,  the  fame  ailiduous 
Attention  to  the  Duties  of  his  Office,  the  fame 
Ardour  in  promoting  Rcli-ion,  marked  every  Step 
of  his  Conduft  as  formerly.  His  Charader  was 
truly  refpedable,  his  Difpofitlon  moll  amiable  and 
engaging.  Meek,  affable,  fweet  tempered  and  de- 
vout, his  Life  was  exemplary  ;  vvliilft  he  cherifhcd 
the  warmeft  Spiiit  of  Benevolence  and  Charity  to 
all  ot'^crs.  D'Jrir.g  bis  Incumbency,  the  Congrega- 
tion greatly  increafei  ;  St.  George's  Chapel  was 
built,  and  the  Defign  was  formed  of  building  St. 
Paul's  Chapel.  This  lall  he  did  not  live  to  fee 
execiit.  d  ;  it  was  accomplifhed  however  under  his 
Succeflbr  Dr.  Aucmmuty,  (who  had  been  his 
Ji/ifanr  from  the  Beg-nnirg  cf  the  Year  17+8)— a 
Ch.irit)  School  and  Parion:  ge  Hoi-lV  were  alfo  buih 
i,«i).cclia  ciy  after  St.  Paul's  .vas  finilhed.  I  he 
Ch;i.ity  School,  Parfonage,  end  Trinity  Church, 
were  all  confumed  in  the  great  Fire,  September  21, 
1776. 

X   JoHM  OniLvir,  D.  D.  AITiftant   MinlftcT  of 
Tniiity  Church,  died  Nuv.  26,  1774. 


[      25       ] 

Tell  me,  my  Brethren,  does  not  the 
Removal  of  thofe  two  excellent  Men,  and 
in  lb  Iliort  II  '•pace— does  not  the  Dcllruc- 
tion  of  your  ancient  and  venerable  Church 
—Do  not  thele  remarkable  Invents,  I  lay, 
lead  y"^i  to  fcrious  Rtileaions  on  your  palt 
Condui!:,  and  on  the  Ways  and  Dilpcnfa- 
tions  of  Providence  towards  you  ? 

Should  you  not  examine— whether  you 
have  duly  i'tr^^roved  the  Blcflmgs  you  en- 
joyed, and  were  thankful  for  them  ? 
Whether  you  profited,  as  you  ought,  by 
the  Labou' s,  the  Exhortations  and  Infiruc- 
tions  of  thole  two  Servants  of  God  ?  W!ie- 
ther  vou  regularly  attended  divine  Wor- 
lhip,'and  honoured  the  Almighty  by  de- 
voutly vvaitinnj  on  him  in  his  Ordinances, 
in  that  Church  ?  Or,  wheihcr  God  was 
not  provoked  by  your  Neg'eft  in  thefe 
FarticuUrs,  to  take  thofe  two  Lights  irom 
you  to  hlmfelf,  and  partly  to  remove  your 
Candkilic  ? 

Particular  Exigencies  and  Times  de- 
mand a  fuitablc  Conduct  in  Chriitians. 

We  fliouid  now  by  every  Method  tcilify 
an  unlliaken  Loyalty  to  our  -racious  .So- 
vereign, when  lb  many  are ;' combmed  to 
deprit'c  us  of  the  Bltfilngs  of  his  mild, 
aufpicious  Government. 


[     26     ] 

We  fijOuld  U  zcalouny  unite  as  one 
M:in  to  rctri-^ve  the  cc!ohtf(i  State  of  cur 
Cluircli.  Our  unanimous  aiu'  tiiiift  vis.orous 
Kndtra'''oui  i  i]v,)i;]ci  be  exerted  to  repair  the 
j'uins  of  cur  Zion  •,  and  we  fliould  chear- 
fullv  crp.v'ur  in  wh.4tever  may  be  cxten- 
fiveiy  condu. ivc  to  her  \\tltaie. 

El^t  cliiefi}-,  we  fliould  ilrive  to  exprefo 
i^  our  Lives  arid  Converfarion  ti;e  nativj; 
Hxc'vlier.cv,  i'u;ity  and  Mceknels  ot  ou. 
hoiv  Faaii.  Attentive  to  the  Voice  or 
}-icaven,  v.-rucii  liOw  fj-ed^s  to  us  in  various 
Way:;,  v.e  flvould  conkitntioully  comply 
\v":ii  V:.s  Dldaies,  ap.v<  glority  God  in  eacfi 

If  ever  we  are  canable  of  beincr  the- 
roughly  awakened  to  a  Srnie  of  our  Duty 
—-if  to  trcnibic  before  God,  ':.nd  turn  to 
him  with  unf.iencd  Mep'-ntance---ir  to  raile 
the  "^hield  of  Faidi  and  lively  Devotion  to 
ward  otT  the  Arrows  of  his  Difjileafure-- 
if  to  put  on  the  Lord  Jclus  in  Holinels 
and  Idumility,  and  have  our  Converlation 
in  Meaven  :  it  ever  \>\t  ^rc  (•.:{)able,  I 
fay,  ot  fetting  about  thefe  erfeCtually,  v/e 
have  maiiy   loud,  aNv:ikening  Calls  to  do 


The  Almighty    has  evidently  a  Con- 
trovcrfy  with  our  Land.      His  Judgments 

arc 


[       27       ] 

are  2;one  forth  to   by  it   ckfolate.     The 

Swora  ot  God   is  p;\ffing  thro'    it,  bat!  ed 

in  Blood.     The    pcililt-nce  is  broke  tcrth, 

and   v/alketh    not   only   in    i^arkrds,  but 

dcilrovfth    at   Noon    Day  :    Ard  Fiun:ne, 

wirh  all  its  ghaftly  Horrors,   thrt'iuais  us. 

'I  hsie  are  the   awful  Mefl  rgers  oi    Hea- 

V  n,  fent  in  i^^rt  to  punifli  ^;uilty  Sinners-, 

partly  to  challen  the   PcopU-  ot  Gi  d,  and 

amend  whatever  is  amils  in  them.     Unc^er 

thefe  alarming  Dilpenh'tions,   nvany   knm 

to  be  iecure  and  hardened.      Lu'-.ewarm- 

nefs,  Vice  and  Irreligion  are  growing,  and 

daily  gathering  Strength  ! 

Small  the  Almighty  thus  call  to^  us 
repeatedly,  and  yet  call  in  v:Mn  ^  How 
fhall  we  anlwer  it  at  his  Tribunal,  it  we 
equally  abule  his  Mercy  and  Judgments  : 
It  we  pervert  every  Mcthcd  to  reclaim 
and  fave  us,  into  a  new  Occ^iioa  ot  in- 
lultinghim!  What  Mountiiins  can  hide, 
what  Hills  can  cover  iuch  trom  his  fierce 
Indignation  ! 

I  HOPE  far  better  Things  of  you-,  and 
therefore  intreat  and  beieech  you  to  lay 
hefe  iolemn  Truths  to  Heart. 

"  Defpife  not  the  Chaftening  of  the 
■«  Lord,"  on  the  one  lland---l]ee  from 
fuch   Impiety  :    "  Neither   iaint,  on   the 

''  other, 


I 


t  28  ] 

"  other'/ ^vhen  thou  art  rebuked  of  him." 
He  minM'-s  L/)ve  with  all  his  Difpenia- 
tions,  and  aims  at  our  trued  Benefit  la 
them. 

Set  before  you  the  gh)rious  Promifes 
he  has  made,  th^  animuing  Truths  he 
has  revealed,  to  fupport  you  m  your 
Chriai;m  Warfare.  Look  forward  to  that 
happy  Period,  when  the  Lord  himlelt 
fhilldcfcend  from  Heaven  to  nge  our 
v.le  Bodies,  that  they  may  Lc  lalhionecl 
like  unto  '.lis  g'oriom  Body  :  When  he  will 
crown  his  taithtul  Servants  with  unfading 
Solendor,  with  everlailing  Felicity. 

Let  your  Converfation  be  now  in  Hea- 
vfn--let  the  Temper,  Spirit  and  Difpofi- 
tion— the  Purity,  Meeknefs  and  Benevo- 
lence which  Ihould  characterize  a  Citizen 
of  that  Place,  a  Child  of  God,  dilhn- 
cT'Sih  you  :  And  fear  not  but  thoic 
Bif-iTivrs  will  be  yours.  You  have  his 
Promile  f  .r  it,  who  is  Truth  itfeU;  and 
Heaven  and  Earth  will  fooner  pals  away, 
than  either  his  Promiies  or  Words  ihall  tail . 

M\Y  God,  by  his  Grace,  enable  each  of 
youlo  to  ord  r  your  Converfation  h^re, 
that  vou  m  IV  partake  of  thofe  blelTed  Pro- 
miles  h  reaiter  •,  for  his  dear  Son  s  bake, 
Chrill  Jelus,  to  whom,    Sec. 


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